Lithuania Discussing a New IVF Law
The Lithuanian Health ministry has produced a draft of an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) law with two options in it.
The conservative option of the law includes donating germ cells only among partners or married people. In such case, the storage and refrigeration of the embryos would be impossible and the implanting them to the patient would be limited to three times.
Another suggested alternative, a more liberal one, allows the free choice of donors and refrigeration and storage of germ cells. The number of implanted embryos would be unlimited.
According to the health deputy minister Nora Ribokiene, the decision is a tough one.
“Observing the experience of other countries, we see that assisted fertility is understood differently everywhere. In some countries a single woman can have an IVF baby. In Lithuania we are considering the interests of child. He or she should have two parents upon birth. We do not want to legalise single IVF mothers,” Ribokiene said, commenting on a liberal alternative of the project.
The deputy minister also pointed out that the conservative option might be dangerous for the health of mothers due to extra-large doses of hormones.
“The body may fail to withstand a second such dose, when the embryos are not refrigerated. And we know the stats: only 25 percent of IVF end up in pregnancy, and only 15 percent – in birth. This shows a big need of repeating the procedures in order to succeed,” Ribokiene said.
The government agreed that additional discussions are needed and has postponed the decision.
“The body may fail to withstand a second such dose, when the embryos are not refrigerated. And we know the stats: only 25 percent of IVF end up in pregnancy, and only 15 percent – in birth. This shows a big need of repeating the procedures in order to succeed,” Ribokiene said.
The government agreed that additional discussions are needed and has postponed the decision.
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